File:150 Squadron RAF Lancaster aircrew 1945 AWM P03819.004.jpg

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English: AWM caption : Group portrait of a Lancaster crew of 150 Squadron RAF in front of their aircraft at RAF Station Hemswell.

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  • 1814561 Flight Sergeant (Fl Sgt) John Clement Davis RAF (VR), flight engineer
  • 432681 Fl Sgt Robert Lockyer Masters RAAF, wireless operator of Tumut NSW
  • 430174 Fl Sgt Kevin Anthony Kee RAAF, navigator of West Brunswick, Vic
  • 423161 Flying Officer (FO) Philip Henry (Phil) Morris RAAF, pilot of Maroubra, NSW
  • 419853 Fl Sgt Harvey Bawden RAAF, mid upper gunner
  • 435186 Fl Sgt James Noel Griffin RAAF, of South Brisbane, Qld
  • 433557 James Henry (Jim) Gillies RAAF, bomb aimer of Eastwood, NSW
While on a raid to bomb the oil refineries of Harpenerweg near Dortmund and Bochum, their aircraft, Lancaster PB 853 P, was hit by anti-aircraft flak and crashed on 24 March 1945, with Fl Sgt Griffin's body found in the wreckage. Six crew managed to bail out and land safely, four of whom were murdered by German nationals. Those murdered were FO Morris, Fl Sgts Kee, Davis and Masters. A War Crimes Group investigated the crimes committed at Bochum and those guilty of the crimes were either sentenced to death by hanging, or one to twenty years jail, depending on the level of their involvement. Fl Sgt Bawden fractured his femur while getting from his turret to the fuselage, yet managed to leave the aircraft and land, undoubtedly with some discomfort. Fl Sgts Bawden and Gillies ended up at the same camp for interrogation and both were subsequently moved to a Luftwaffe fighter station where Bawden was moved to a hospital. Bawden received poor medical attention as most staff had disappeared as the station was under sustained attack. Flt Sgt Gillies was moved by train and truck through Germany, ending up in Fallingbostel POW camp, leaving Flt Sgt Bawden to be repatriated some weeks later when the US Army arrived, taking him out on his stretcher wired to the bonnet of a jeep.
Date circa February 1945
date QS:P,+1945-02-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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P03819.004
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